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Queens dad dies after suffering head injury in e-scooter crash on way to pick up daughter
January 8, 2024 | 1:04pmA 31-year-old Queens man has died 11 days after he crashed his scooter and suffered head injuries while on his way to pick up his young daughter, according to reports.
NYC woman, 55, killed by teen tenant in fight over unpaid rent: cops
December 7, 2023 | 5:15pmDavi Vidal, 19, lashed out at Leo Zoraida, 55, around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday inside their building on 96th Street near Northern Boulevard in East Elmhurst, cops said.
Video shows moment off-duty NYPD cop is shot during road-rage clash with man who tried to grab his gun
August 30, 2023 | 2:59pmThe male cop was driving a green car at Queens Boulevard and 70th Street in Elmhurst around 12:50 p.m. when he got into a feud with the driver of a...
Overnight gunplay and stabbings leave one dead, five injured
January 21, 2023 | 11:38amA 19-year-old man was killed in a shooting outside a Queens nightclub that also left a 31-year-old woman injured, police said.
City Correction union offers $10K reward after off-duty officer is shot
July 23, 2022 | 11:38amThe off-duty Correction cop was leaving a nightclub on Steinway Street in Astoria when he was robbed of his chain and watch at gunpoint, and shot in the leg.
Teen son of NYPD cop shocked he was shot outside 'safe' Queens high school
May 12, 2022 | 3:53pm"In Maspeth?" Ryan Mera told The Post Thursday. "No. It wasn't like that before. It's been changing all the time. It has changed."
Crew of violent muggers stab, rob teen in Queens
April 7, 2022 | 9:58amA group of 10 violent muggers pummeled and stabbed a 16-year-old scooter rider in broad daylight before taking off with his ride in Queens, disturbing video shows.
Queens pizzeria stabbing victim 'overwhelmed with gratitude' for selfless heroes
March 31, 2022 | 1:14pmKorean immigrant Eun Hee Chang, 61, said she went to work as a home health care aide the day after she was accosted and stabbed near Louie's pizzeria in Elmhurst.
NYC pizza stabbing suspects charged with two other recent attacks
March 30, 2022 | 9:08amRobert Whack and his brother-in-law, Supreme Gooding, are both now in custody over Saturday's attack at Louie's pizzeria in Elmhurst.
NYC priest slams church member as 'disgusting,' lawsuit claims
March 19, 2022 | 6:23pmA Queens clergyman had an unholy reaction to a member of his flock.
'Barely holding on' Queens business owners plead for help with decades-high theft levels
February 9, 2022 | 6:34pmQueens is being hit hard by a dramatic surge in thefts — almost topping levels not seen since the NYPD started compiling statistics decades ago — and borough biz owners...
'It's a mess': Locals fume over homeless tent encampment in Queens
February 5, 2022 | 7:55pmLocals are infuriated by the rise of homeless encampments on Whitney Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens, as city hall ignores endless complaints of loitering from sprawling tents.
Socialist state Senate candidate Kristen Gonzalez works for American Express
February 5, 2022 | 12:40pmThe first declared candidate for one of New York's proposed new state Senate districts is a socialist from Queens with a decidedly capitalist job.
Queens hotel guest pleasures self, pulls gun on housekeeper: cops
January 27, 2022 | 9:36amThe man was seen in a surveillance video released Thursday running down a flight of stairs after exposing himself to a 46-year-old housekeeper at the Elmhurst Lodge.
Queens man stabbed to death by older brother: sources
January 8, 2022 | 12:38amOfficers found Sean Sarker, 21, with stab wounds to the neck and shoulder at his home on 74th Street in Elmhurst around 2:20 p.m., according to the NYPD.
Feds delivering $1 billion to COVID-ravaged city hospitals: Schumer
January 5, 2022 | 10:47pmFEMA's allocation of $924.4 million is reimbursement for services the 11 public hospitals and five other nursing facilities provided to treat and try to save the lives of very sick...
NYC teen stabbed in face after being jumped by three attackers
November 26, 2021 | 11:32pmA 14-year-old was jumped by three men at Broadway and 41st Avenue in Elmhurst on Friday evening.
Vagrant stabs man feeding the homeless at Queens park: cops
September 22, 2021 | 8:38amA vagrant stabbed a good Samaritan known to feed the homeless at a Queens park -- because he believed the do-gooder dropped off the food too late.
Blind eye to deathtraps: City knew of trouble with basement homes before Ida flooding
September 3, 2021 | 4:53pmThe city received complaints about the basement apartments where tenants drowned amid flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, but didn't stop people from living there, records show.
Queens house fire sends wedding guests jumping from windows for safety
August 22, 2021 | 12:30pmA fire at an Elmhurst, Queens, residence early Sunday sent nearly a dozen people jumping out windows for safety and injured two people including a child